Resumen de: DE102024138987A1
Die Erfindung betrifft einen Turm (1) für eine Windkraftanlage mit wenigstens einem Betonturmabschnitt (2), wobei der Betonturmabschnitt (2) eine Außenwandung (7), eine Innenwandung (8) und einen dazwischengelegenen Betonquerschnitt (9) aufweist. Der Betonturmabschnitt (2) ist zwischen einem Kopflager (10) und einem Fußlager (12) mit wenigstens einem Vertikalspannglied (13) vorgespannt, wobei das Vertikalspannglied (13) außerhalb des Betonquerschnitts (9) des Betonturmabschnitts (2) in einem Innenraum (14) des Betonturmabschnitts (2) verläuft. Das Vertikalspannglied (13) ist mittels wenigstens einer Dämpfungsvorrichtung (15) an der Innenwandung (8) des Betonturmabschnitts (2) befestigt.
Resumen de: GB2702685A
A connector assembly 30 suitable for connected the ends of two tubular sections 10, 20 of a wind turbine tower or similar structure. There is a connector body (40, fig.2) with at least one clamping mechanism (50, fig.2) mounted on the body. Each clamping mechanism has an inner clamp part (60, fig.3) which engages with an inner radial surface of the tubular section and an outer clamping part (70, fig.3) that engages with an outer radial surface of the tubular section. The inner and outer clamps restrict relative movements between the tubular sections. An actuator (80, fig.3) drives the inner and outer clamping parts in opposite directions. The actuator is a threaded bolt (81, fig.3) and a nut (82, fig.3) that inserts into through bores (47, fig. 3). The connector body maybe a continuous ring or divided into curved segments. There may be linkages connecting the clamping mechanisms allowing relative movement between the clamps. The actuator may be operated from within the tower or other tubular structure. A method of assembling a tubular structure is also included. Figure 1
Resumen de: EP4763463A1
0001 The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a leading edge protection device (1) for a leading edge (2) of a wind turbine rotor blade (3). The method comprises providing a thermoplastic polyurethane material (4), processing the thermoplastic polyurethane material (4) by providing heat to the thermoplastic polyurethane material (4) and bringing the thermoplastic polyurethane material (4) into a predetermined shape to form the leading edge protection device (1) and further processing the leading edge protection device (1) by a surface treatment. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade (3) with a reinforced leading edge (2) and to a wind turbine rotor blade (3).
Resumen de: EP4530463A1
0001 The invention relates to a wind turbine blade (1) for a wind turbine (2), comprising a root section (3) for attaching the wind turbine blade (1) to a blade bearing of a wind turbine hub (4) of the wind turbine (2), a tip section (5), an intermediate section (6), interposed between the root section (3) and the tip section (5) and a bearing cover (7), attached to the root section (3) for shielding a gap between the wind turbine hub (4) and the wind turbine blade (1) in an assembled state of the wind turbine blade (1) to the wind turbine hub (4). The bearing cover (7) is fixed to the wind turbine blade (1) by an adhesive layer of a first adhesive. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade (1) and a wind turbine (2).
Resumen de: NL2035634B1
Title: Tube element for floatable offshore support structure for wind turbine Abstract Method of forming a tube element for use as a longitudinal section of a brace for a truss structure of a floatable offshore support structure for a wind turbine, comprising: providing four elongate flat steel plates each extending along a longitudinal direction and having two opposite lateral edges; deforming each plate such that, along the longitudinal direction, a transverse shape of the plate smoothly transitions between a rectilinear shape and an arcuate shape; and forming the tube element by interconnecting the four deformed plates along their lateral edges. The interconnected plates each form a respective circumferential section of the tube element, wherein along the longitudinal direction, a transverse shape of the tube element smoothly transitions from a circular shape to a rectangular shape. The tube element may connect a cylindrical further tube element of the brace with a further part of the floatable offshore support structure. Fig 1
Resumen de: WO2025040587A1
A method for attaching an aerodynamic component to a wind turbine blade body during the manufacturing process. Firstly, a spacer element is attached to either the aerodynamic component or the wind turbine blade body. The aerodynamic component is then arranged at the portion of the blade body, and the first edge of the aerodynamic component is adjusted into a mounting position to minimize the step size between the aerodynamic component and the blade body. The aerodynamic component is temporarily fixed using the spacer element, creating a compartment between the aerodynamic component and the blade body. A first adhesive is injected into this compartment through injection ports in the aerodynamic component, with the spacer element acting as a barrier to prevent the adhesive from leaking out. Finally, the adhesive is allowed to cure, permanently fixing the aerodynamic component in place.
Resumen de: WO2025040963A1
The present disclosure provides a wind turbine apparatus (200). The apparatus (200) includes an inlet (202) including a receiving section (204) adapted to receive air along a first direction (110); and a converging section (206) disposed subsequent to, and downstream of the receiving section (204), adapted to receive, and direct the air along a second direction (112). The converging section (206) is adapted to accelerate the received air as the air moves from a first end (208) to a second end (210) of the converging section (206). The apparatus (200) further includes an impeller (212) disposed along the second direction (112), downstream of the inlet (202), and adapted to receive the air from the converging section (206). The received air impinges on the impeller (212) to effect rotation of the impeller (212).
Resumen de: US2025066571A1
0000 Method of forming extruded thermoplastic foam comprising extruding a foamable composition comprising thermoplastic polymer and blowing agent, wherein said thermoplastic polymer consists essentially of ethylene furanoate moieties and optionally ethylene terephthalate moieties and wherein said extruding step comprises forcing said foamable composition from a relatively high pressure region through a die to a relatively low pressure region.
Resumen de: WO2025036906A1
The present disclosure relates to a segmented wind turbine blade comprising a first blade shell segment joined with a second blade shell segment via attachment means. A fairing element is provided that comprises fibre-reinforced composite material and a metal element attached to the fibre-reinforced composite material. The fairing element is fastened to the first and second shell segments using fasteners. The fairing element covers the attachment means at least partly and forms part of an aerodynamic profile of the wind turbine blade. The metal element of the fairing element is configured such that the metal element of the fairing element provides electrical contact between a first metal element in the first shell segment and a second metal element in the second shell segment. A composite fairing element and a method for manufacturing a segmented wind turbine blade are also provided.
Resumen de: WO2025036537A1
A wind turbine cooling system comprising: a power converter enclosure having an first air cooling circuit being adapted to pass airflow over at least one power converter component, the blown-air cooling circuit comprising an air-to air heat exchanger and an air-to-liquid heat exchanger which are configured to cool air flowing in the blown-air cooling circuit; a second air cooling circuit configured to convey a flow of air between an air source and the air-to-air heat exchanger of the power converter enclosure to cool the air flowing in the first air cooling circuit; a liquid coolant circuit adapted to convey a flow of coolant between the air-to-liquid heat exchanger of the power converter enclosure, wherein the air-to-liquid heat exchanger is at is arranged to heat coolant flowing through the liquid coolant circuit; and, wherein the liquid coolant circuit further comprises a further heat exchanger configured to cool coolant flowing through the liquid coolant circuit. Beneficially, the cooling system of the invention provides cooling functionality for a power system of a wind turbine which is effective over a wider range of ambient conditions which means that the power generation systems of the wind turbine can maintain output power generation at extreme temperature ranges.
Resumen de: EP4509299A1
A method for manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade or a longitudinal segment of a wind turbine rotor blade, the wind turbine rotor blade or longitudinal segment having a longitudinal axis, the method comprising the following steps:• providing a first wind turbine rotor blade shell member (10) having an end section (14). wherein the end section (14) comprises a laminate with an outer surface (16) and an inner surface (18) and a laminate thickness (20) measured between the outer surface (16) and the inner surface (18). wherein the first wind turbine rotor blade shell member (10) is arranged in a first mold (30).• bonding a first stiffening frame member (22) to the inner surface (18) of the laminate of the end section (14) of the first wind turbine rotor blade shell member (10) while the first wind turbine rotor blade shell member (10) is arranged in the first mold (30). the first stiffening frame member (22) extending along a circumferential direction and having a height (38) of at least 50 % of the laminate thickness (20), measured in a radial direction,• providing a second wind turbine rotor blade shell member having an end section (14).• connecting the first wind turbine rotor blade shell member (10) and the second w ind turbine rotor blade shell member to each other so that an access opening is formed between the first stiffening frame member (22) and the second wind turbine rotor blade shell member.
Resumen de: EP4764202A1
0001 A method for determining a wind sector distribution comprising a plurality of wind sectors WS_n, with n = 1, ..., N, for the operation of a wind turbine (100) a wind turbine (100) and a control system (200) are specified, the method comprising the steps (S1, S2) of providing wind condition information (I_wc) representative of average wind conditions at the location of the wind turbine (100), and performing an optimization routine (OR) for maximizing an estimated annual energy production AEP of the wind turbine (100) based on the wind condition information (I_wc) and the plurality of wind sectors WS_n, wherein the optimization routine (OR) comprises determining the plurality of wind sectors WS_n, wherein for each wind sector WS_n an effective turbulence intensity I_eff_n, based on the wind condition information and an admissible turbulence intensity I_design_n, is determined, wherein each of the admissible turbulence intensities I_design_n corresponds to a specific power mode and is based on a plurality of design parameters of the wind turbine (100), a turbulence intensity ratio TIR_n = I_eff_n/I_design_n is determined for each of the wind sectors WS_n, and the optimization routine is performed with the constraint that a weighted combination of the turbulence intensity ratio TIR_n of all wind sectors WS_n is equal to or less than 1.
Resumen de: EP4764205A1
It is described a method of damping a vibration (15) of one or more rotor blades (5) of a wind turbine (1), the rotor blades being coupled to a rotor (3a) of a wind turbine generator (3), during an operation mode different from a power production mode, the vibration in particular including an edgewise vibration (14) out of a rotor plane (15), the method comprising: monitoring a characteristic (17), in particular including magnitude and/or phase and/or frequency, of the vibration (14); determining a torque reference (21, Tref) based on the characteristic of the vibration which is suitable for damping the vibration; generating a torque by the generator (3) according to the torque reference (21, Tref).
Resumen de: EP4764203A1
0001 The present invention relates to structurally designing a wind turbine system including setting a ramp-down wind speed of the wind turbine system. A method is disclosed where wind speed distribution data of a site of the wind turbine system, structural design parameters and a measure for power generation from wind turbines in a defined geographic region are obtained. Based on the measure for power generation, a maximal desired power generation from wind turbines in a geographic region of the wind turbine system is obtained, and a wind speed is determined where the maximal desired power generation is reached. A ramp-down wind speed of the wind turbine system is set to the determined wind speed. In embodiments a target power may be increased above a reference power for a wind speed in a wind speed range, such as in a knee region of the power curve.
Resumen de: EP4764207A1
0001 The present disclosure relates to a support assembly (202) for a wind turbine (100), comprising: - a first support structure (218) for supporting a main bearing housing (204) and a gearbox (206) of the wind turbine, and - a second support structure (220) which is configured to be rotatably mounted on top (103) of a tower (102) of the wind turbine (100) with the bottom side and which is configured to be mounted with the first support structure (218), - wherein the first support structure (218) comprises a surface (222) for the support of the gearbox and a first supporting section (224) below that surface (222), - wherein the second support structure (220) comprises a second supporting section (226) which is arranged directly below the first supporting section (224). 0002 The dislosure further relates to a wind turbine with a support assembly.
Resumen de: EP4764211A1
The present invention provides an interlocking system for a hub gate and a rotor lock disc in a wind turbine generator. This includes rotor lock disc 100 with hole, the rotor lock disc 100 is configured to be locked for preventing a rotation thereof by inserting a locking pin 120 in the hole of the rotor lock disc 100. Further, a hub gate 180 provided on a nacelle for providing access to a rotor hub, the hub gate 180 configured to be locked or unlocked by a locking means; and an interlocking means configured to activate the locking means for locking or unlocking of the hub gate 180 when the rotor lock disc 100 is unlocked or locked respectively.
Resumen de: EP4764209A1
0001 The present invention relates to an apparatus for securing storage and transport frames via their corner castings for the transport and storage of wind turbine blades, comprising a central shaft with two ends and a threaded sleeve. Wherein the central shaft comprises, at its center, two identical separated end portions, the separated end portions being provided on their external circumference with an external thread. Wherein the central shaft comprises, on opposite sides of the separated end portions, outer end portions that are further provided with a connection mechanism configured to engage with the corner castings of storage and transport frames. Wherein the threaded sleeve is suitable for connecting the separated end portions of the central shaft, wherein the threaded sleeve spans the two separated end portions of the central shaft and is provided with an internal thread that engages fittingly on the external thread.
Resumen de: EP4764208A1
The present disclosure relates to a support assembly (200) for a wind turbine (100), comprising:- a first support structure (202) configured for supporting at least a rotor assembly, in particular a rotor bearing arrangement (206) of the wind turbine, and- a second support structure (204) which is configured to be rotatably mounted on top (103) of a tower (102) of the wind turbine (100), the tower (102) defining an axis (A-A), wherein the second support structure (204) is configured to support the first support structure, (202)- wherein the second support structure (204) is configured to form a plurality of support interfaces (216) with the first support structure (202).The present disclosure further relates to a wind turbine and method of assembling a support assembly.
Resumen de: EP4764206A1
0001 A control system (4) is described for a wind turbine (2) provided with blades (3) and an electrical machine (5) coupled to the blades (3) for the generation of electrical energy from wind kinetic energy. The system provides: a control stage (10), to generate control signals (δ<1>, δ<2>, δ<3>) for the electrical machine (5) through a feedback control based on measured quantities (I
Resumen de: EP4764204A1
It is provided a method of exciting a vibration (14, 27, 28) of a wind turbine (1) having a wind turbine generator (3) including a rotor, in particular during an operation mode different from a power production mode, the method comprising, in particular in a repeated manner: monitoring an actual characteristic (17), in particular including magnitude and/or phase and/or frequency, of the vibration (14, 27, 28); determining a torque reference (21, Tref) based at least on a desired characteristic (29) of the vibration, the torque reference being suitable for exciting the vibration; generating a torque by the generator (3) according to the torque reference (21, Tref) for exciting the vibration (14, 27, 28).
Resumen de: EP4765528A1
A clamp device for clamping a cable (1000) comprising an inner armour comprising a plurality of inner armour wires (1001) and an outer armour comprising a plurality of outer armour wires (1002). The clamp device (1) comprises an upper clamp assembly (11) for clamping the inner armour wires (1001), and a lower clamp assembly (12) for clamping the outer armour wires (1002). The upper clamp assembly (11) is arranged so that it is capable of rotation in relation to the lower clamp assembly (12).
Resumen de: FI20246541A1
Disclosed is a rotor sail assembly system (100) and method (200) for preparing a rotor sail for installation, each rotor sail comprises at least an internal tower (104) and an external rotor (106). The system comprises a lifting assembly (108), mechanically coupled to an assembly site (110) of a vessel. The lifting assembly comprises a fixed bottom part (112) mechanically coupled to the assembly site, a movable top part (114), detachably coupled to the fixed bottom part, wherein the movable top part comprises an assembly platform (116) configured to accommodate a first end (104A) of the internal tower of the rotor sail, and/or a first end (106A) of the external rotor of the rotor sail, and a lifting mechanism (120) configured to actuate the movable top part to move between a first position and a second position, such that the rotor sail is correspondingly moved from a horizontal installation position to a vertical operational position.
Resumen de: EP4542027A1
0001 It is described a method of at least partially installing at least one wind turbine at an offshore site (5), the method comprising: loading at least one lower tower portion (3) of a wind turbine onto a vessel, the lower tower portion (3) spanning less than an entire wind turbine tower; transporting the lower tower portion (3) to the offshore site (5); lifting and guiding the lower tower portion (3) such that a lower end (7) approaches a tower connection portion (7) provided at an offshore foundation; connecting the lower tower portion (3) at the lower end (7) with the tower connection portion (8).
Nº publicación: CN122257960A 23/06/2026
Solicitante:
大唐黑龙江新能源开发有限公司大唐可再生能源试验研究院有限公司
Resumen de: CN122257960A
本发明涉及风电机组技术领域,尤其为一种基于全工况自适应辨识的风电机组主控系统及载荷协同优化方法,包括全工况自适应辨识单元、多目标协同优化单元、主控执行单元、载荷在线监测单元及数据交互单元,所述全工况自适应辨识单元实时采集风况、机组运行状态、结构响应多源数据,通过自适应递推算法完成风况特性。本发明的一种基于全工况自适应辨识的风电机组主控系统及载荷协同优化方法,本发明可实时在线辨识风况特性、机组机电参数与结构模态参数,构建自适应权重多目标优化体系动态平衡发电量、载荷与疲劳损伤,具备极端工况主动应急调控能力,能够显著提升机组全工况控制精度与鲁棒性,有效降低关键部件载荷与疲劳损伤,延长机组服役寿命。